Richard D. Estes, Ph.D., Cornell University (Vertebrate Zoology). Behavioral zoologist and ecologist. Specialist in field studies of large African mammals. Species Survival Commission Chairman for Antelope Specialist Group of the World Conservation Union (IUCN); Earthwatch Scientific Advisor; Associate, Harvard Museum
of Cultural and Natural History. Author of The Safari Companion; The Behavioral Guide to African Mammals; and co-author of The National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife.restes@rarespecies.org

George Amato, Ph.D., Yale University (Biology). Adjunct associate professor at Columbia and Fordham universities, research associate in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Yale University. Conservation geneticist specializing in non-invasive sampling techniques for endangered species, and monitoring the trade in endangered species products using DNA based forensic science. GAmato@rarespecies.org

Michele Miller, DVM, MS, MHP, Ph.D., staff veterinarian, wildlife medicine. Specializing in immunology, infectious diseases and interaction with the environment. Conservation
projects include desert pronghorn (Mexico), and pygmy hippo (West Africa). Current in situ projects focus on elephant and rhino issues in Africa,
as well as tuberculosis issues in New World primates, elephants, large cats, wild ungulates and other captive and
free-ranging wildlife.